"The sage has no form, no body, no self. He is like empty space."

"I dreamed I was a butterfly, fluttering hither and thither, to all intents and purposes a butterfly. I was conscious only of my happiness as a butterfly, unaware that I was myself. Soon I awoke, and t…"

"The sage is like a shadow: he has no substance, but he is always there."

"The ultimate happiness is to have no happiness."

"Joy, anger, sorrow, delight, forethought, regret, inconstancy, compliance, pride, greed, indulgence, willfulness, flattery, insolence — these are like the musical chords from an empty hollow, or mushr…"